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“When they read books they like, mainly contemporary literary fiction for adults, it can be interesting. When they read things they don’t like, they’re not funny or insightful enough to make the review an interesting listen. It just becomes a chore: they’re the cadre of over-confident college kids in class whining that these books aren’t like the books they like. I get that not all books are good books, but there’s also a tendency for them to raise a high bar - why aren’t these books like Faulkner’s books? - that so few novels would meet, especially those that have a different mission. As I said, if there was some attempt to convey what about the writing works or doesn’t, or have some yuks at the books, fair enough. Or if the conversation ever got funny enough to be engaging. If I heard these discussions in a coffee shop, I’d have to move seats and then never frequent that coffee shop again. That said, Julia usually has a nuanced take and at least tries to draw more out of a bad reading experience than ‘oh my god, this book isn’t Moby Dick and I loved that book, why can’t all books be Moby Dick? By the way, have I mentioned how aaaaamazing Faulkner is?’”
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01/18/22
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